Category Archives: Canada
Banff holds blessing ceremony with Indigenous elders before letting bison roam
BANFF, Alta. - Several Indigenous elders were flown by helicopter into the backcountry of Banff National Park on Monday for a blessing ceremony as officials prepared to let recently reintroduced bison...
Jul 16, 2018
QuickQuotes on the drowning death of former NHL goaltender Ray Emery, 35
— “Ray’s smile and intelligence made him a magnetic personality. You always rooted for him to reach his vast potential even as he went through the many ups and downs of his playing c...
Jul 15, 2018
Surrey woman disappointed after family asked for ID at townhouse complex pool
SURREY, B.C. - A Surrey woman says she wants to help educate the public about racism after a member of her townhouse complex’s staff requested her family show ID when they were using the pool. G...
Jul 15, 2018
Canada faces 'collateral damage' in escalating U.S.-China trade war
OTTAWA - Grim scenarios of collateral damage for Canadian consumers and businesses are emerging in response to escalating the U.S.-China trade war. The Trump administration has taken aim at China by i...
Jul 15, 2018
Montreal's La Presse announces new official not-for-profit status
Montreal-based La Presse news group says it has officially adopted a not-for-profit structure. President Pierre-Elliott Levasseur announced on La Presse’s website that the outlet is fully indepe...
Jul 15, 2018
Immigration critics urge Liberals to come up with answers on asylum issue
OTTAWA - With tensions over asylum seekers mounting between Ottawa and Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s new PC government, Conservative MP Michelle Rempel wants to give provincial immigration ministe...
Jul 15, 2018
If Canada wants national pharmacare, taxes will have to go up, former PBO warns
OTTAWA - Former federal budget watchdog Kevin Page will deliver a blunt message to premiers this week about the costs of a future national pharmacare program: if Canadians want one, taxes will have to...
Jul 15, 2018
Toronto's medical officer of health wants feds to decriminalize all drugs for personal use
Toronto’s top public health official believes the time has come to decriminalize all drugs for personal use and will be asking the city’s board of health this week to push the federal gove...
Jul 15, 2018
Man cycling across Canada for Alzheimer's research in grandfather's memory
HALIFAX - A young man is nearing the end of his 8,000-kilometre bike ride across Canada, an endeavour he began to honour his grandfather and raise money for Alzheimer’s research. Skyler Roberts,...
Jul 15, 2018
Hydro One again facing uncertain as board resigns for second time in 16 years
The future of Ontario’s partially privatized utility is again uncertain after political intervention prompted the resignation of the company’s board 16 years after another mass departure. ...
Jul 15, 2018